White
LED

This woven fiberoptic backlighting technology allows engineers to more easily use white LED, for better contrast in applications such as custom controllers, small medical equipment, and other products with backlit LCDs. The backlights work with power operation as low as 5mW per square inch.

CAD/CAM

Mastercam Lathe version 8 generates efficient turning toolpaths, and indicates the stock that is left over. Geometry and toolpaths are linked with full associativity, and parameters, toolpaths, and tool definitions are stored in a drag-and-drop library. Additional, optional translators are available.

Microcontroller

The MC9S12DP256 is a flash-based, 16-bit microcontroller for automotive network applications. This company calls it the "automotive super gateway" and says it will be the industry's first microcontroller with six multiplex network modules—five CAN and one J1850—for enabling communication between different network busses within a vehicle. It is part of the HC12 family, a.k.a. STAR12.

Data
storage

The FibreBlock™Extreme provides large-capacity, high speed fibre channel storage for high-volume Internet and video content users. It is a RAID 3 system the size of a shoebox, featuring storage capacity up to 320GB and a combined transfer rate of 80-85 MB/sec from its five redundant drives. It permits multiple simultaneous streams to be transmitted for applications in video, music, and images.

Thermal
analysis

TMG Thermal and Flow Analysis software is now integrated with SDRC's FEMAP version 8. TMG users can digitally simulate the physics of heat transfer and fluid flow, for applications in aerospace, automotive, and electronics. Called the FEMAP Thermal Solver Module, it offers analysis of conduction, convection, fluid flow, and radiation for both transient and steady state thermal simulations.

CAD

Motor-CAD software combines electromagnetic motor design with thermal analysis, for companies trying to compete through motor miniaturization and cost reduction. Users can match the features of their own constructions by changing cooling methods and overriding the default calculations. Other features include easy-to-read schematics and full duty-cycle analysis.

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